How - getting into postgraduate education

Postgraduate studies since 1971 (licentiates and doctoral degrees)
Currently 1-2 licentiates in social sciences and 2-3 doctors each year
Memberships: Doctoral School of Changing Communications (MUUVI); Tampere Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering (TISE)

Main subjects of postgraduate studies:

Applicants for research should first contact the professor of a discipline or the mentor to formulate a research plan. Guide for postgraduate (doctoral) studies 2003-2005
An application form is available from the Office of The Faculty of Information Sciences and as a pdf document on the Internet.
Degree certificate of main subject required
A proposal for a studies or for a research plan
The curriculum is formulated in with advice from the mentor of the research.

Links:

Metodix-learning environment for researchers, students, teachers and users in working life. The environment contains a comprehensive presentation of methods of a research in a phase-by-phase model.
Tampere University Library pages include template outlines for dissertations and instructions on how to publish a dissertation (In Finnish; ask for more instructions).
Information skills (Tampere University library Learning Resources Centre)
Granting the library permission for publishing a licentiate paper on the Internet (Tampere University library)

Scholarships within the University of Tampere
KELA The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Information about scholarships and about formulating an application for a scholarship From the pages of the Finnish Student Union
Cimo Links to international postgraduate studies
The Academy of Finland more information on research work and researcher's education
Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers Information for example about income and salaries
Grants of The Finnish Cultural Foundation (Suomen kulttuurirahasto)